BTS’s “Spring Day” Continues To Chart On Melon… 7 Years In A Row

Boy group BTS’ ‘Spring Day’ has been going on for 7 years. ‘Spring Day’ is breaking the record as the longest-running chart in the 20-year history of Melon, Korea’s largest music site.

According to Big Hit Music on the 13th, the title song ‘Spring Day’ of BTS’s ‘WINGS Side Story: YOU NEVER WALK ALONE’ has topped the Melon daily chart without missing a single day for 7 years. Since the song was released on February 13, 2017, it has stayed on the charts for 7 consecutive years. Melon’s daily chart ranks 60% of music downloads and 40% of streaming. Considering that the number of albums released last year exceeded 600,000, the continued popularity of ‘Spring Day’ seven years after its release is surprising.

Additionally, as of 4 a.m. on the 13th, ‘Spring Day’ was played 969.3 million times on Melon, breaking the record for the No. 1 streaming song on this site every minute. Melon grants the ‘Billions Bronze Club’ badge to artists who have achieved 1 billion cumulative streaming streams, and BTS is expected to easily meet this requirement with just one song, ‘Spring Day’.

Music experts cite the warm message contained in ‘Spring Day’ as a factor in its ‘long-running popularity’. BTS, which debuted in 2013, drew sympathy from contemporary youth through the ‘School Trilogy’ and ‘Hway for Love’ series, and completed its growth narrative with its second full-length album ‘WINGS’ in 2016, creating a global sensation. ‘WINGS Side Story: YOU NEVER WALK ALONE’, released the following year, was a consolation and hope for the hurting youth of this era.